"How do you think present day numismatists stack up vs. those of long ago, in terms of knowledge?" 0

[RWB]

Here is a link to an interesting thread on PCGS started by Mark Feld.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1104212/how-do-you-think-present-day-numismatists-stack-up-vs-those-of-long-ago-in-terms-of-knowledge

What do members here think?

[VKurtB]

On 6/1/2024 at 12:25 PM, RWB said:

Here is a link to an interesting thread on PCGS started by Mark Feld.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1104212/how-do-you-think-present-day-numismatists-stack-up-vs-those-of-long-ago-in-terms-of-knowledge

What do members here think?

There is a majority of people on an online forum who have nice things to say about internet numismatics. Say it ain’t so! Big deal. Biased much? Yes, more information than ever before is available to more people. But about 10-100x more misinformation gets mixed in. “A lie gets around the world three times before the truth can get its boots on.” Anyone who thinks that’s a good thing, needs to get a grip.

Edited June 1 by VKurtB

[Henri Charriere]

I do not believe I am informed enough to offer a generalized view.

[Mike Meenderink]

I believe there is a surface coin collecting market that is starry eyed and stupid only because they are the types of people that think they can get rich quick. This market goes both ways with bad sellers and stupid buyers. If you become either one of these types of coin collectors, you are in serious risk of either getting ripped off or getting busted for fraud. The deeper level of collecting is the truly numismatically interested persons that are not in the hobby or the profession for the money only. Usually, these types of collectors strive to gain knowledge of the coins they collect. There are the even deeper levels of entrepreneurial collectors or investment collectors that only buy coins as investments and do not really have any interest beyond the appreciation of the value. The varying knowledge among these types is vastly different across all coin collecting types. As far as the overall numismatic knowledge of today verses yesteryear I'd say the hobby has come a long way with varieties, errors and many expert studies on rare and important coins that were not available 60 years ago.

Edited June 2 by Mike Meenderink

[VKurtB]

On 6/1/2024 at 1:19 PM, Henri Charriere said:

I do not believe I am informed enough to offer a generalized view.

I agree fully. You are, perhaps by necessity, captive of one side.

[VKurtB]

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